He needs a rest anyway, but I can see the fans reacting negatively. I don't how see today's line-up can be a reflection of Tuchel's view of the squad since he met the players literally yesterday.
There will be a negative reaction online whatever the team is. The only people who comment on twitter about team selections are morons. If Mount plays it'll be because he's Tuchels adopted son. If he'd dropped Tuchel hates academy players.
This is so fecking true
Yeah true, but I meant those specifically who are still vocally upset today about Lampard being gone, which is a slightly different group than the, quite frankly, children who bitch about the team selections no matter what.
Yes to both.
Yep
Just can’t believe Werner has been dropped for Hudson-Odoi.Good point (if accurate, haven't checked it myself).
Yes definitely! It's funny you should comment as a Villa fan - I can't disclose too many details but I was privy to some of the plans behind the proposed takeover post-Lerner around that time, and Tuchel had agreed to join as Villa manager. Unfortunately, Lerner tried to change the terms of sale at the 11th hour and the bid fell through, so Tuchel went on to Dortmund instead.
I think Mount has played well this season. Arguably one of their best performers.
Running up and down the pitch doesn't constitute "playing well" though. It's only lower leagues and lesser clubs (and arguably English clubs) that have that mentality. Players like that only survive by the goodwill of their managers. See Lingard for Exhibit A.
He’s had 1 day with them.
I think that's a pretty reductive view of what he offers. He's been very creative with the ball, while having good ball retention and also a pretty good defensive work rate. In the premier league this season only Grealish, Fernandes and KDB have more key passes per 90 than him, and while I don't think he's on the level of the aforementioned three he also wins back the ball far more than any of them. I don't think someone could have watched a significant amount of Chelsea this season and think that Mount has played like garbage, or that he's been one of their worst performers.
Whoever told you that seems to be very wrong.
I was literally laughing when I saw Mount in the starting line up against us in the FA cup final, we beat them of course. And he started Mount again in our PL game with Chelsea.....we beat them again of course, in fact, he was shown up by our own youngster Smith Rowe who is far superior in actually collecting the ball with a good first touch, swivel with the ball, carry the ball past players, shield the ball, make clever runs, pass into tight areas etc....pretty much everything that Mount can't do.
Interesting, was that summer 2014 as we were close to being sold then but it didn't get done and then in 2016 when it did go through to Dr Fraud.....Tuchel was already at Dortmund.
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It was 2014. And the reason the deal didn't go through was 100% Lerner being a twat at the last minute.
He is - it was never going to be easy to break down Wolves when they lined up in a 5-4-1 essentially.
